Arcane Mage PvP Stat Priority, Gear, and Trinkets (The War Within Pre-Patch)
Choosing your gear carefully is important for your Arcane Mage in PvP. We give you a stat priority to help you choose items with the right stats that will make PvP a little easier for Arcane Mages.
This page is part of our Arcane Mage PvP Guide.
Stat Priority for Arcane Mages in PvP
The stat priority for Arcane Mage in PvP is as follows:
- Intellect;
- Haste;
- Versatility;
- Mastery;
- Critical Strike.
Intellect is the best stat in all situations. Haste is the best secondary
state. This stat will reduce your global cooldown and the cast times of
important spells like Polymorph as well as overall damage spells.
Versatility is the second best stat you can have. This will
reduce the damage you take while also increasing the damage you deal.
Finally, Mastery will be the next targeted stat as it will increase your damage.
Gear Recommendations
General Guidelines
In general, Arcane Mages want to get trinkets that line up well with
Arcane Surge or
Touch of the Magi. These trinkets can have a
passive or
on-use effect. The stat you want to be increasing is Intellect. You
want to increase Intellect because it drastically increases your overall
damage output. Please refer to our dedicated page for more information about Arcane Power and your rotation in PvP. In addition, with the new Patch 9.1
changes to PvP gear, it will be essential to obtain as much of your
gear as possible in PvP. With the new scaling, it will be the most powerful.
As of Season 4, each different specialization will receive a previous season's tier set. For this season, Arcane Mage will continue to keep the Season 3 Tier set. Note that the Season 3 Tier set bonuses are all nerfed by 50% in PvP scenarios. This tier set is very strong and even with the nerf in PvP, it is very useful and provides a lot of significant damage. Ideally, you will want to use 4-set.
Below, you will find our current BiS list.
- Head:
Wayward Chronomancer's Chronocap
- Neck:
Draconic Gladiator's Necklace
- Shoulders:
Wayward Chronomancer's Metronomes
- Cloak:
Draconic Gladiator's Drape
- Chest:
Draconic Gladiator's Silk Robe
- Wrists:
Draconic Gladiator's Silk Wristwraps
- Hands:
Wayward Chronomancer's Gloves
- Waist:
Infurious Binding of Gesticulation Embellishment 1
- Legs:
Wayward Chronomancer's Pantaloons
- Feet:
Vibrant Wildercloth Slippers with
Precognition
- Ring 1:
Draconic Gladiator's Ring
- Ring 2:
Signet of Titanic Insight
- Trinket 1:
Draconic Gladiator's Medallion
- Trinket 2:
Draconic Gladiator's Badge of Ferocity
- Weapon:
Draconic Gladiator's Staff.
Gems and Enchants
Here are the best enchants for an Arcane Mage:
- Bracers:
Enchant Bracer - Devotion of Speed
- Boots:
Enchant Boots - Plainsrunner's Breeze
- Cloak:
Enchant Cloak - Homebound Speed
- Chest:
Enchant Chest - Waking Stats
- Rings:
Enchant Ring - Devotion of Haste
- Weapon:
Enchant Weapon - Sophic Devotion
- Legs:
Temporal Spellthread
Gem all of your gear with Energized Ysemerald or
Energized Malygite.
Changelog
- 23 Jul. 2024: Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch.
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Reviewed for Season 4.
- 18 Mar. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.2
- 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7
- 10 Jul. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1.5
- 09 May 2023: Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.
- 21 Mar. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
- 30 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 22 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight Pre-patch.
- 31 Jul. 2022: Updated for Shadowlands Season 4.
- 31 May 2022: Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
- 28 Feb. 2022: Page updated for Patch 9.2.
- 17 Nov. 2021: Page reviewed for Patch 9.1.5.
- 04 Jul. 2021: Updated for Patch 9.1 of Shadowlands.
- 19 Mar. 2021: Updated for Patch 9.0.5.
- 17 Oct. 2020: Removed Corruption sections.
- 03 Jul. 2020: Updated Corruptions.
- Added Recommended Corruptions section.
- 19 May 2020: Updated Corruptions section.
- 08 Apr. 2020: Updated Recommended Items.
- 11 Feb. 2020: Added Corruption Gear section. Updated Recommended Gear and best enchant sections.
- 20 Jan. 2020: Updated PvP gear to be Season 4 Corrupted gear.
- 26 Dec. 2019: Page added.
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